![]() To get the stitches I’m talking about, set your machine to make the longest stitches it can. Do this line only a 1/4″ from the edge so these stitches get hidden when you sew things together. Now here’s where that sewing the pieces together comes in everyone!! Sew long stitches along the whole top (unhemed edge) of each ruffle STOPPING AT THE SEAMS to have a break in the stitching.Thanks to ironing them down like that, you won’t need to pin! Sew down each hem edge, making sure to add the lace trim to the bottom ruffle.Then fold over and iron again so you get a nice clean edge that won’t fray. Sew a line 1/4″ from the edge of each ruffle and use that as a guide to fold over the hem edge and iron it down like so:įirst fold, you can see the guiding sew line along the edge where I ironed.I know this seems like an extraneous move, but it will make sense in a bit. Then I cut the two smaller ruffle pieces in half, the biggest into three pieces, and then sew each strip back together. One, it softens the cotton a bit and makes the rest of this easier, two, it reduces the risk for shrinking of the material AFTER the garment had been made!! Once it’s clean, iron it out and get to cutting! After cutting out the connectors and waistband pieces, I usually fold the fabric in half, then half again, measure out 27.5″, 35″, and 42.5″ then cut out the 6″ ruffle strips. Get home and wash the cotton!!! This is an imperative stage that simply must happen for a few reasons.That will generally be what I listed unless you’re making a larger/smaller size than what I am explaining here. – Waistband: (waist measurement inches + 15″) by 3″ – Connectors: (hip measurement inches) by 4″ for the first connector and (hip measurement inches + 10″) by 4″ for the second. General way to go about these pieces is to cut following theses formulas: The connectors hold the tiers together and the waistband is what encases the elastic. You also want to cut the two connector pieces and a waistband. All three of those strips will be 6″ wide. For a waist measurement in the mid/upper 20s and hips in the mid/upper 30s, I tend to go with the following length measurements for each of the tiers: first-110″, second-140″, and third-170″. Start off by doing the math! Find out how long to make each tier PRE ruffling.This skirt seems like it would be super complicated, but really the toughest part is having the patience to make the long pieces into ruffles. Elastic of your choice – I usually go with 3/8″.I know I’ve been promising them for a good while, but thanks to my new outlet of GNN, I have a viable place to share them! So here’s the first of what will become a monthly tutorial, I hope you enjoy! ![]() Like a petulant cat coming out from their beloved hiding spot, I’ve finally decided to start making these tutorials to share with all of you. The Monthly Maise Tutorial: The Arkham Knight Harley Quinn Skirt ![]()
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